South Coast: Solent Deals Awards – finalists announced
Judges sifted through more than 600 nominations for the Solent Deals Awards yesterday – and have announced the finalists.
The judging panel of 10 agreed the shortlist in a dozen categories for the 2016 awards, which will be presented on June 9 at a gala dinner at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton.
In the two Deal of the Year categories, plus the Dealmaker category, the winners will be chosen from a mix of judges’ votes, and audience votes on the night.
The other category winners have been agreed by the judging panel and will be revealed on the night.
The finalists are:
Corporate Finance Team of the Year
Grant Thornton
James Cowper Kreston
Meridian Corporate Finance
Spectrum Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance Adviser
Michael Barcia (Meridian)
Rob Holmes (WK Corporate Finance)
Darren Miller (Spectrum)
Ian Milne (Spectrum)
Due Diligence Team
BDO
PwC
RSM
Dealmaker
Michael Barcia (Meridian)
Simon Davies (Spectrum)
Ian Milne (Spectrum)
Darren Thompson (Meridian)
Law Firm
Blake Morgan
Coffin Mew
Moore Blatch
Pitmans
Shoosmiths
Trethowans
Lawyer
Dean Drew (Irwin Mitchell)
Nick Gross (Coffin Mew)
Sean Kelly (Pitmans)
Mark Shepherd (Shoosmiths)
Sean Wright (Shoosmiths)
Alternative Lender
Boost & Co
Leumi ABL
Market Invoice
Management Team
Innovation Group
Lakesmere
Mortgages Made Easy
Bank of the Year
HSBC
RBS NatWest
Santander
Private Equity Firm
Altitude Partners
Connection Capital
LDC
Livingbridge
Meridian Growth Capital
Deal of the Year (over £25m)
Drilling Systems acquisition by Blue Water Energy
Innovation Group public-to-private by Carlyle Group
Meggitt plc acquisitions of Cobham composite business and EDAC
Mortgages Made Easy acquisition of Contractor Financials
Deal of the Year (under £25m)
23.5 Degrees franchisee deal with Starbucks
aap3 MBO
Airsys Communications MBO
Bowman Power Group funding round
Lakesmere MBO
Westfield Medical MBO
